OVER THERE!

Look, look – over there!

That’s where they used to care!

A land of freedom offered fair,

Liberty given to all to share;

There came a day not long ago,

The tides changed their ebb and flow,

Blowing winds shifted – stopped – flailed,

When apathy grew and freedom failed;

A land of honey/milk so giving,

With beauty and freedom for all the living,

Nasty, putrid socialism caused liberty’s dimming,

Grew thorns and briers and cesspools brimming;

Dark sores and flies lived where life had been,

Lights of liberty no longer seen,

Morass of madness fought the clean,

Made evil good and liberty lean;

See, see, the land ahead!

It cares not – and looks as dead,

With liberty gone – freedom falls,

Liberty dead -  no longer calls.

PTR September 7 & 16, 2010; October 1, 2010